Student Edition 2004

Everybody is different and I think that each family has to chose what is a good fit for their kids and how they learn, but I like using Saxon math in our homeschool. I have supplemented here and there when necessary for certain children, but I have always used Saxon as the spine to my curriculum. The editions without the pictures on the cover, and the homeschool editions are not Common Core, so that's always a plus!

You should know that saxon math 6/5 is really a 5th grade textbook. My children's private school in Lake Tahoe uses Saxon math. Everyone does math at the same time, and the children are allowed to enter whichever level they test into. Most of my daughter's 4th grade class is using this book. My son in 2nd grade is using the 4th grade text (saxon 5/4). It is a very logical progression of concepts with much review built in. That is why children are often able to skip a whole grade level. For K, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade levels, there is a program, but the children work on worksheets and not from textbooks. Overall, a great program, but if your child is even slightly above average in math, consider going up one level.

I love it. It progresses at a better pace than Saxon 54 for kids who are comming off of Saxon 3 and excel in math. My daughter got frustrated with how much review of easier material there was in 54 and I was concerned with how little new material there was in 54 from 3 so we decided to skip ahead to 65.

My 12 year old daughter is just completing Math 65. WOW!Although not produced with Special Learning students in mind, the incremental learning is ideal for slower learning or learning disabled students. My daughter has always struggled mightily with Math concepts. She has made tremendous strides using this program. New concepts are introduced slowly and previously learned concepts are reinforced at each lesson. Each lesson includes a practice, some mental math and problems. At the start it took an hour at school and up to an hour at home to complete the lesson. She now gets each lesson done in under an hour! (It is set up for one lesson a day). I highly recommend this book, and I'm looking forward to using the next books in the series.

The Saxon math series kicked off with two wonderful books: 54 and 65. I was able to obtain 65 from one of my classmates because I needed some extra review in math. I LOVE IT! I used the book in 5th grade and had minimal struggle. The book starts with the simple concepts like addition and subtraction and slowly moves into fractions and missing number problems. Unlike the flop 76, rather than having surprise questions with no teaching, this book only throws surprise questions in after the concept was taught. The lessons are short making them relaxed rather than tense and the practices are short and to the point as well. Also, the mental math section at the beginning of each lesson helps students warm up on their addition, subtraction and whatever else skills they need to succeed. The appendix has a well written glossary and supplimental practice set for selected lessons to help endorse concepts. The books 150 lessons always have something new that'll help you; never an old concept. I highly reccomend this book whether you're just looking for some review or help or teach a class. Reccomended grade 4/5 for teachers. (Note: If you have to to get past the awful 76 for 6/7, use 65 and spare your students. You can always teach new concepts to keep them ahead.)

This book is being used by my grandsons 6th grade, and I am helping him with his homework. I have three university degrees, including Bachelor, Master, and Doctorate in science, business, and economics. And I have taught at the university graduate and undergrate level for more than twenty years. I was astounded at the efficient and advanced technique used by the author, Stephen Hake, to gradually introduce most basic concepts of logic, arithmetic, alegebra, geometry,and other subjects to my 12 year old student in this book, in a practical manner with practical every day applications, so that he absorbed them as by osmosis, without actually knowing it. This will provide him with a solid foundation for the four years of mathematics he will receive in high school, and for his later studies at university level. Hake does this without muddying up the young students mind with such distracting technical terms as "algebra, geometry, solid geometry, trigonometry, logic,and other subjects," by introducing the basic concepts of each subject with practical problems that require the student to, unwittingly, apply them.